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Crazy photo to put things into perspective.......

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tigon
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http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/Pickover/pc/brain-universe.html

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May 30 2008 6:50PM
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AbeFroman
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that is way sick
May 30 2008 6:54PM
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TechnoPotamus
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so dope. crazy to think they're so similar
May 30 2008 7:00PM
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mattster
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very cool
May 30 2008 7:01PM
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Scolson
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I don't get what I'm supposed to get out of looking at that made up picture.  Who can actually say what the entire universe looks like.
May 30 2008 7:05PM
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kepler.
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Exactly why I'm thinking about changing my major to physics in college. Good post
May 30 2008 7:05PM
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chimp
Posts: 616 - Karma: 117
woah shit its like there almost the same
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May 30 2008 7:05PM
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Billek
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Its not too far-fetched.  They can find out where objects in space are in relation to us with crazy telescopes and measuring the 'red shift' effect.
May 30 2008 7:09PM
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b-kul
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it is impossible to picture the entire universe because it is infinite.
May 30 2008 7:11PM
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kepler.
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How do they measure distances using the red shift? I always thought it was just proof that the universe is expanding. This stuff is so interesting to me.
May 30 2008 7:12PM
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Skierguy1234
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so basically we're part of a brain cell of an astronomically sized object...
personally i hope its a pterodactyl...
May 30 2008 7:20PM
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jimmer
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if i'm right, the universe is not infinite. space on the other hand is infinite, but i think the universe actually ends.
May 30 2008 7:22PM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
Doesn't surprise me. If it is a structure in nature that works exceedingly well then it makes sense that it would be seen in many different things. You can already see this in plants and patterns and stuff in nature. Doesn't surprise me at all that that structure is replicated in different things.
May 30 2008 7:25PM
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GatoGordo
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Yep, there is an end to our universe, but it is constantly expanding.
May 30 2008 7:25PM
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dave44
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That's not a fact. Many simply choose to assume it is...



May 30 2008 7:27PM
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statuswhitegirl
Posts: 4058 - Karma: 883
i think that we make up a body and we are all cells doing something for a reason, and the universe is just someones body cellls, and each planet is for different things, like blood cells, sperm cells, etc.
May 30 2008 7:27PM
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Tinga
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does anyone else not find them that similar? i mean theyre just webbed with a mass in the center. they both look like spider webs...
May 30 2008 7:27PM
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kepler.
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I think you just proved GLrunner13's point...
May 30 2008 7:37PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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imagine if every one of our brain cells was actually a universe, and our "universe" was just someone or something else's brain cell?

in that sense the "universe" would actually be infinite
May 30 2008 7:41PM
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Tortao
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thats a trip for sure
May 30 2008 7:54PM
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user098123
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He sorta did, I was getting at more of how nature has a tendency to use a pattern over and over again because it seems to work well. Could explain why they are similar and perhaps why other objects look like this.
May 30 2008 8:03PM
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ChanchoVelez.
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May 30 2008 8:05PM
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panojibber
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The universe is not infinite, and if each of our neurons were a universe for like... molecules, it would not be infinite, just incomprehensibly large. And I agree, I have often thought about how our universe could be the equivalent of a cell for an even larger organism.

May 30 2008 8:06PM
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TheButterHashira
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Very cool. There are a lot of patterns repeated in nature.
May 30 2008 8:09PM
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clayborn
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exactly what i was thinking, gahh that mind boggling
May 30 2008 8:29PM
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Alex_G
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We could be little organisms in one of these cells...how fucked would that be?
May 30 2008 8:31PM
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JSskier
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that's so insane
May 30 2008 9:06PM
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Grube
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whoa thats cool deffinatley weird that they look so much alike
May 30 2008 9:09PM
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Tinga
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the disorder of it all probably explains a bit about why it shows up so much seeing as spontaneous things are favored to things that are disordered. according to thermodynamics. i'm just trying to sound smart so i have no idea if that actually applies.
May 30 2008 9:16PM
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steezyjibber
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intelligent not
May 30 2008 9:17PM
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user098123
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spontaneity leads to disorder, you kinda have that mixed up. Look up entropy.
May 30 2008 9:29PM
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emopoppins
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all i can say is men in black. size doesn't matter.
May 30 2008 9:43PM
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b-kul
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yeah, my bad, i was thinking of space. in my mind universe = space but i know that is not correct.
May 30 2008 9:59PM
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Aenigma
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Hubble's Constant states a body's recession speed at a given distance from us (approximately).  Therefore, we can get an educated guess at distances by measuring a star/galaxy/whatever's redshift.

May 30 2008 10:10PM
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tBatt
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basically our universe is someone's brain cell.
May 30 2008 10:12PM
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arsenal601
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the image of the universe is just a model, there are several plausible theories on the shape/ structure of our physical universe. it would be logical though, as GLrunner13 has been saying, that patterns which are efficient in nature show up in all kinds of places on all kinds of scales.
May 30 2008 10:18PM
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Jared.
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holy shit.....i have tons of universes in my brain--wow i feel cool

Claim
May 30 2008 10:48PM
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ButteredToast.
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It's so weird to think about those kinds of thinks sometimes.
 Jeez.
May 30 2008 11:49PM
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lushlaxstr
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ha thats so cool
May 31 2008 12:02AM
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AALT
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Tri, no, you ruined the thread, i mean ya some mythical dude created the universe, its so cheesy, and sometimes it scares me what people think.
May 31 2008 12:15AM
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smuggs
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hopfully the universe doest drink or smoke because u dont want that brain cell to die......
May 31 2008 9:47AM
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SK1ERDUDE
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Whoa that is sweet!
May 31 2008 9:50AM
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TheButterHashira
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He didn't ruin the thread. You just have to take issue with him throwing it out there. I'm not christian or religious but it's still a thought. It's not a redic notion to believe in a first cause or higher power. I agree most religions and churches are nuts but he just mentioned a belief in God.
May 31 2008 9:58AM
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Mooose...
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That univers picture is crazy i looked at it for like 5 mins just wondering about it. I hate thinking about that stuff because it just pisses me off that i wont get an answer to any of my questions.
May 31 2008 10:29AM
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Mooose...
Posts: 1807 - Karma: 77
^universe*
May 31 2008 10:30AM
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richards
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crazy to thinkabout

May 31 2008 10:31AM
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kepler.
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Ahh totally forgot about using Hubble's Law into the equation. What would be cool is to find out just HOW fast the universe is expanding outward and at what acceleration. I'm sure some physicists have done it.
May 31 2008 11:58AM
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spliff.Life
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stuff nowadays is getting to compilcated
May 31 2008 12:00PM
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laurence^
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dopesauce
May 31 2008 12:05PM
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Duncan*
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HAHAha you are very cool!
May 31 2008 2:34PM
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ButteredToast.
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I copter'd
May 31 2008 11:59PM
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